Browsing by Author "Browne, Felicia"
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Adapting an evidence-based HIV behavioral intervention for South African couples
Wechsberg, Wendee M; El-Bassel, Nabila; Carney, Tara; Browne, Felicia A; Myers, Bronwyn; Zule, William A (BioMed Central, 2015)Background: In South Africa, heterosexual couples are at risk for HIV infection and transmission through substance use, gender-based violence and traditional gender roles, and sex risk behaviors such as having multiple ... -
A brief intervention for drug use, sexual risk behaviours and violence prevention with vulnerable women in South Africa: a randomised trial of the Women’s Health CoOp
Wechsberg, Wendee M; Jewkes, Rachel; Novak, Scott P; Kline, Tracy; Myers, Bronwyn; Browne, Felicia A.; Carney, Tara; Morgan Lopez, Antonio A; Parry, Charles (BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)Objective: To assess the impact of the Women's Health CoOp (WHC) on drug abstinence among vulnerable women having HIV counselling and testing (HCT). Design: Randomised trial conducted with multiple follow-ups. Setting: 15 ... -
Ethnic differences in alcohol and drug use and related sexual risks for HIV among vulnerable women in Cape Town, South Africa: implications for interventions
Myers, Bronwyn; Kline, Tracy L; Browne, Felicia A.; Carney, Tara; Parry, Charles; Johnson, Kim; Wechsberg, Wendee M (BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Alcohol and other drug (AOD) use among poor Black African and Coloured women in South Africa compounds their sexual risk for HIV. Given South Africa’s history of ethnic disparities, ethnic differences in sex ... -
HIV Risk Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Cape Town, South Africa: the Role of Economic Support and Employment
Browne, Felicia (2015-09-29)This three-paper dissertation examined the association between social and economic factors and HIV risk behavior among adolescents and young adults in Cape Town, South Africa. Studies in South Africa have demonstrated an ...